Her Keeper

Chapter 54

--Julliet Parris--

"Listen bitch, you got two minutes to admit that your baby isn't my husband's, because whether your ass likes it or not, I'm gonna be around. I'm going to every appointment. I'm gonna be in the delivery room. I'm going shopping with you and Geovanni. I'm helping y'all to decorate the nursery and all. I know how messy you hoes could be and even though I trust my man, I don't trust you. So I'm not giving you a chance to fuck around and ruin mine. I understand he's going to have to be there for his child if it's his, but we're a team now, so we're gonna be there. Two minutes, bitch, decide if you still wanna claim this baby to be my husband's or not." I glared at Krystal.

"I hadn't been sleeping with anyone else, so it's his." She stared blankly at me and shrugged.

"That's what they all say." I rolled my eyes. "And after you push my alleged step-child out, I owe your ass a beat down, because I'm a considerate bitch and I won't want to hurt my husband's alleged child, so I'd wait til you birth him or her before I whoop your sorry ass." I continued to lay down the terms and conditions for this bitch. "Now, if you slide your phone this way, I'd put my number in it and anything you need, you contact me and I'd make sure that Geo gets the message. Consider him a business, consider yourself the potential client and consider me his secretary, so pretend that you don't have direct contact, so all calls and emails come through me. Play by the rules and we won't have any issues, you get me?"

Nodding slowly in agreement, she slid her phone across the table, allowing me to enter my contact information before sliding it back to her. "I'm glad we could have this talk be and come to an understanding. Later." I bid her farewell as I got up and left her and Skylar's ass the restaurant. My

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"Hi Grandma." I greeted as soon as I stepped into my parents' home to find her cleaning the kitchen.

"Hey baby, how are you?"

"I'm nice, great and wonderful." I honestly replied. I decided that if Krystal was pregnant by my husband, that's just something I couldn't change and had no control over. It happened before we got back together and I just had to make sure that she doesn't ruin the relationship me and Geo have been working so hard on. So in all honesty, I felt like I had to lay down the boundaries, because people will do what you allow and I wasn't even going to allow her the time to think that she could use the Baby Mama card to fuck up my marriage.

"Great, I could see that you're glowing." She smiled.

"Yup." I said popping the p. "Where are my parents and my baby?" I questioned.

"Oh, they stepped out said they were taking Guilia on a little walk to the park and ever since your mother got that little teddy bear looking dog, she's been taking it everywhere."

"So she's the reason why Guilia's been wanting a cute, fluffy puppy." I mumbled in realization.

"She's the culprit." Grandma confirmed.

"You want some coffee, Dear?" She asked as she washed her hands at the sink.

"Thank you." I absentmindedly replied.

"You got something on your mind?" She questioned.

"Oh, it's nothing really. It's just, have you ever had the feeling that something bad was about to happen?"

"You have that feeling?" She questioned as she placed the coffee mug on the table before me.

"Thank Grams. And yeah, I do."

"It's about Geovanni?" She correctly assumed.

"It is." I sighed.

"The moment you walked through that door like Superwoman lives inside you, I knew he was the reason. You haven't looked like that all those months you two were separated. You were sad, moody and you rarely smiled." She pointed out. "If anything happens, I'm sure it's nothing you two cause or can't handle."

"Thank you Grams, you're the best." I smiled.

"You're welcome." She smiled back. "You two have been attending therapy?" She questioned.

"We have." I confirmed.

"I could tell. Though you seem a bit worried, you're not tensed about the situation, whatever it is like you used to be. It's a wonderful improvement. You two keep it up."

--Geovanni Parris--

"So, what's new you too?" Heather, our shrink asked.

"Someone claims they're pregnant." Julliet blurted, letting me know it's been bothering her. Looking over at her, I grabbed her hand, caressing the back of it with my thumb as I laced our remaining fingers together.

"And how do you feel about that, Julliet?" Heather continued to ask.

"I've handled it to the best of my abilities, but I feel like she's liable to step out of line."

"Whatchu' mean you handled it?" I asked, because I felt 'bout confused and in danger as a slug in a salt maze.

"I told her that she can't contact you unless she contacts me." She shrugged. "As a matter of fact, I gave her an entire rule book to play by. She's not allowed to contact you at all, she'd contact me and I'll pass along the information. We're all going to go to her appointments, we're all going to be in that delivery room, we're all going shopping, we're all decorating the nursery. As long as she's there, I'm going to be there too. I didn't get the chance to tell you, be but now you know. I trust you, so don't get me wrong. I just don't trust her. If this baby is genuinely yours or there at all, then she'd have no issues following my rules and I need you to do the same. I'm not trying to allow drama into this marriage so easily. I'm not willing to get divorced as long as everyone plays their role, everything will be fine. I am not allowing her the chance to make advances at you and cause us problems. I can't control what's done, but I am able to control what is and what isn't about to happen from here on forward and you're the only one who has the ability to compromise that as of now, Geo. So you have the rest of your outside child's life to decide what it's going to be for us."

After her little speech, I could only stare at her in utter astonishment. This was my Julliet talking? These sessions must really be paying off.

"Wow, Julliet, that was a mouthful. You've really thought this through." Heather complimented. "Aren't you a bit surprised that she's handling this so well?" Heather adverted to me.

"Yeah. I mean, I honestly thought I'd be dealing with months of tension and silence on the issue, but she's stepped in and let not only me know how she feels and intends to handle this, but she's told Krystal as well." I smiled. "I'm proud of you, baby." I brought her hand to my lips, kissing it. "And I promise that I won't have any issues respecting your boundaries."

"Thanks." She nodded.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

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~Dolly